Ed Grenier and Bob Pincus
Mark Ordan and Bernadine Venditto
Gary Tabach, Diane Hoskins, Tony Nicely and Kenneth Samet Nels Olson and Divina Gamble
WL SPONSORED
WASHINGTON BUSINESS HALL OF FAME BENEFIT National Building Museum | PHOTOS BY TONY POWELL RECORD-BREAKING EVENING A record-breaking $1.3 million was raised at the 29th annual Washington Business Hall of Fame benefit for Junior Achievement of Greater Washington, the most the event has raised in its history. William Roberts and Tony Buzzelli helped induct four new laureates into the Hall of Fame for their professional and philanthropic contributions: Diane Hoskins, Tony Nicely, Kenneth Samet and Gary Tabach. SUPERHERO SPEECH: Junior Achievement “superhero” Grace Harvey and “student CEO” Zoree Jones, who attend Patriot High in Nokesville, Va. joined board member Leon Harris onstage to help emcee. Jones credited the organization for helping him “connect the dots between the knowledge and skills that I’ve acquired in school to their relevance in real world business situations.”
Stuart Bernstein, Jordan Goldstein, Francisco Gonzalez, Mark Dubin and Michael Farr
VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS AT WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM
Jack the Bulldog and Alexandra N. Senyi de Nagy-Unyom
Julie Nash, Conor Miller, Susan Miller, Kaeli Duggan and Coley Nash Adam and Rebecca Schindler WL SPONSORED
30TH ANNUAL LOMBARDI GALA Washington Hilton | PHOTOS BY JAY SNAP
Jill Kirkpatrick and Bonnie Roberts
COMBATTING CANCER Event chairs Brian Katz, Jill Kirkpatrick and Paul Schweitzer welcomed nearly 1,000 guests to the Lombardi Gala’s 30th anniversary to benefit the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. The evening raised a record $2.3 million, including a $1 million gift for immunotherapy research. Gala founding vice-chairwoman Bonnie Roberts was awarded the 2016 Margaret L. Hodges Leadership Award and ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, who survived stage IV throat cancer, accepted the NFL Players Association Award. AUTO LOT: The silent auction was particularly grand this year; a special raffle sent one lucky guest home in a 2016 Lexus NX 200t F Sport automobile.
Vincent Lombardi II and Sally Sue
80
VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS AT WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM
WA S H I N G T O N L I F E
| J A N U A R Y - F E B R U A R Y | washingtonlife.com